2019 NBC Pilots & Series Orders

Comedy

FRIENDS-IN-LAW(multi-camera; re-piloted after original 2018 order)STUDIO: Warner Bros. TelevisionTEAM: Brian Gallivan (w, ep), Tom Werner (ep)LOGLINE: Brian and Jake are polar opposites who quickly must figure out how to coexist when their respective best friends decide to get married.CAST: TBA

COUNCIL OF DADSSTUDIO: Universal TV/Midwest Livestock/JBTVTEAM: Tony Phelan (w, ep), Joan Rater (w, ep), Jerry Bruckheimer (ep), Jonathan Littman (ep), KristieAnne Reed (ep), James Oh (p), Bruce Feiler (p)LOGLINE: Scott Perry and his family have their lives thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges. Inspired by the memoir by Bruce Feiler.CAST: Sarah Wayne Callies, Michele Weaver, J. August Richards, Clive Standen, Blue Chapman, Michael O’Neill, Steven Silver, Emjay Anthony, Thalia Tran

EMERGENCESTUDIO: ABC StudiosTEAM: Michele Fazekas (w, ep), Tara Butters (w, ep), Paul McGuigan (d, ep), Robert Atwood (p)LOGLINE: A character-driven genre thriller that centers around a sheriff who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.CAST: Allison Tolman, Alexa Skye Swinton, Donald Faison, Robert Bailey Jr., Clancy Brown, Ashley Aufderheide, Zabryna Guevara

LAW & ORDER: HATE CRIMESPushed (orginally ordered straight to series; 13 episodesSTUDIO: Universal TelevisionTEAM: Dick Wolf (ep), Warren Leight (ep), Peter Jankowski (ep), Arthur Forney (ep)LOGLINE: Set in New York City, where crimes motivated by discrimination are vigorously investigated by an elite, specially trained team of investigators. Going behind the headlines and viral videos, these diverse, dedicated and passionate detectives will stop at nothing to bring these criminals to justice. Based on New York’s real Hate Crimes Task Force.CAST: TBA

PRISMSTUDIO: Universal Television/We’re Not Brothers/Carol Mendelsohn ProductionsTEAM: Daniel Barnz (w, d, ep), Ben Barnz (ep), Carol Mendelsohn (ep), Julie Weitz (ep)LOGLINE: Exploration of a murder trial in which every episode is told through the perspective of a different key person involved. Each new version of the facts ratchets up the mystery and the suspense, calling into question everything we have seen so far and asking, is the right person on trial?CAST: Mykelti Williamson,Malin Ackerman, Ramon Rodriguez, Chloe Wepper, David Alpay, Brooke Smith, Sara Rue, Joe Tippett, Alex Neustaedter

ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLISTSTUDIO: Lionsgate TelevisionTEAM: Austin Winsberg (w, ep), Paul Feig (d, ep), Jessie Henderson (ep), Kim Tannenbaum (ep), Eric Tannenbaum (ep), Jason Wang (ep)LOGLINE: An innovative musical dramedy about a whip-smart but socially awkward girl in her late 20s who is suddenly able to hear the innermost thoughts of people around her as songs and even big musical numbers that they perform just for her. With this new ability at her disposal, she is able to use her “gift” to not only help herself understand people in her life, but also to help others around her.CAST: Jane Levy, Peter Gallagher, John Clarence Stewart, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, Mary Steenburgen